Irans police chief says the 2011 storming of the British Embassy in Tehran was a trap set by the diplomatic staff of the UK. Brigadier General Ismail Ahmadi-Moqaddam said on Monday that the heavily fortified diplomatic mission could not be broken into easily. The entrance gate of the British Embassy has two bulletproof and explosionproof remote-controlled ...

The deputy speaker of Iran's parliament has condemned an attack in 2011 by Iranian protesters on the British embassy in Tehran, Iranian media say. "No-one has the right to raid another country's embassy, it is our duty to protect them," Mohammadreza Bahonar, a presidential hopeful, said. His comments came on the eve of Iran's nuclear talks with ...

Former foreign secretary speaks out against 'damaging' decision, saying it handed victoryto regimehardliners Britain's former foreign secretary has said it was a mistake for the UK to close down its embassy in Tehran, as it handed a victory to hardliners within the regime and weakened Britain's influence and understanding ofIran. William Haguewithdrew ...

Tehran (dpa) - In a rare move, the spokesman of Irans Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) on Sunday criticized the November 2011 storming by Islamists of the British embassy in Tehran. "We should not fall into the trap of US and Zionist plots against Iran by doing emotional and superficial acts like the storming of the British embassy in Tehran," General ...

By Guardian Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has finally given his verdict on the last year's storming of the British embassy in Tehran, saying it "was not right" to carry out the attack that provoked a diplomatic crisis between the two capitals. "On the recent occupation of the evil embassy [of Britain], the sentiments of the youth ...